Don't blame the boss. He has enough problems.

To gain support in U.S. Congress and from other nations requires clarity, an acceptable mission and an explicit outcome.

Secretary Powell and I agree on every single issue that has ever been before this administration except for those instances where Colin's still learning.

With the press there is no "off the record.

Arguments of convenience lack integrity and inevitably trip you up.

It is worth reminding that being president is a tough job for anybody, and particularly so in the information age. There's such a glut of information. Anything a president says or does is picked up on the Internet or the 24/7 news media and criticized almost instantly. Leaders persuade through their words and as such their words need to be measured and well chosen. It is a tough job.

We never believed that we'd just tumble over weapons of mass destruction in that country.